Machina (company)

Machina is a clothing brand company specializing in wearable technology.

The company attempted to make a MIDI controlling jacket. A 2012 review in TechCrunch called the jacket "a cool concept and an interesting and kinetic way to trigger and control beats and sounds."^[1]

A Kickstarter project in 2013 produced a prototype, with a delay of almost a year behind the projected delivery date. Since then, there have been no substantial updates and the announced open source hardware has not materialized.

References

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1. Jay Donovan. "Machina MIDI Jacket: Sound, Movement and Fashion". TechCrunch. AOL.
2. "Manufacturer product page".
3. "Machina's MIDI Controller Jacket turns your body into an electronic instrument". gizmag.com.
4. "Machina's MIDI Jacket Turns Dance Moves into Sound, and You Can Win One - Intel iQ". Intel iQ.
5. Chris Richards (15 March 2013). "Making music through movement". Washington Post.
6. "Linda Franco, Co-Founder, MACHINA: Making Cutting Edge Tech Wearable!". thenextwomen.com.
7. Anna Heim (22 January 2013). "Machina's Midi Controller Jacket Lands on Kickstarter". The Next Web.
8. Machina WT. "Building wearable technology in one of the world’s most attractive Emerging Markets: Mexico". Medium.
9. The Christian Science Monitor. "Wearable tech: How three designers weave technology into fashion". The Christian Science Monitor.
10. "Wearable technology: The bra designed to shock attackers". BBC News.